Traditionally, jewelry is created with designing a base metal like silver or gold and enameling it with meena, kundan, diamonds, or engraving it to create designs. But there’s one antique jewelry form that breaks all conventions—Thewa. This special art of jewelry making uses molten colored glass as the base, which is embossed with an intricately worked-out sheet of gold.
With a 400-year long history, characteristic features reminiscent of the royal era, and colors and designs that echo the vivid and colorful backdrops of Rajasthan, where it originated, Thewa jewellery truly showcases the exquisite craftsmanship of jewelry technicians of the state. As unique as is its name, Thewa is not only a type of designer Kundan jewelry, but a rare art, which represents with its motifs, the folk tales of romance and heroism, scenes from Hindu mythology, accounts of the daily lives of the common people, and the nomadic lifestyles they led.
The process of creating Thewa jewelry is equally intricate, where multicolored glass, which goes through a special treatment to give it a glittering effect, is fused with 23 carat gold. Each Thewa jewellery piece is created as a single unit, comprising glass and gold, which highlights the elaborate gold work, rendering it a spectacular, three-dimensional effect. Each piece of completely hand-crafted Thewa jewellery can take as long as one month to create, based on the elaborate designs and craftsmanship.
Thewa designer Kundan jewelry pieces are available in varied shapes like round, oval, square and rectangular, and are created from jewel-toned glass in hues of green, red, and blue which create the effect of semi-precious stones like rubies, emeralds and sapphires. So, this winter, add a touch of royal art from the colorful state of Rajasthan to your wardrobe, with our spectacular Thewa jewellery collection!
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